by crossriverwatch admin Bassey Ekpo Efiok , the son of ex-post Master General of Nigeria , Etubom Ekpenyong Efiok has been arrested by the police in Calabar for raping 7 Year old girl, (name withheld) whose father is a tenant in the Efiok’s house. The incident, according to Patrick Eyo Ita, father of the victim,
by crossriverwatch Admin A one month entrepreneurship and vocational education for selected technical and science colleges across the six goe political zones has ended in calabar the cross river state capital with a call to states and local governments to embrace vocational training in all secondary schools.. Minister of Education Professor Rufai made the call
by crossriverwatch admin The role of the traditional birth attendants in Cross River State health care delivery is significant that government is not planning to banish them soon CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. The position of the government was made known during a press briefing in Calabar by the Special Adviser to Governor Liyel Imoke on
by crossriverwatch admin The Nigerian civil service which was painstakingly built since 1934 took the General Ibrahim Babangida administration only eight years to destroy through the Structural Adjustment Program which lasted from 1986 to 1994. Senator Liyel Imoke, the Cross River State governor gave this reminder in Calabar on Monday while making a keynote speech
by crossriverwatch admin The United Cement Company of Nigeria over the weekend unveiled a solar-powered borehole constructed at the cost of N2.6m for Akwa Ikot Effanga community in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State. The Managing Director of UniCem, Mr. Olivier Lenoir, said the project was part of the company’s corporate social responsibility
by crossriverwatch admin The Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V has said that several unfulfilled promises by the federal government on the dredging of the Calabar waterway, and which by extension should lead to improved economic activities in the Calabar port, was giving him sleepless night. The Monarch, who made the remarks in
by crossriverwatch admin There was uproar in the Obudu legislative council on Thursday following a fight amongst the councilors as they disagreed over the sharing of largess given them by the council chairman, Hon. Emmanuel Ikwen. Competent sources in the council told CrossRiverWatch that trouble started when the Leader of the Council’s legislature, Hon Ugar
by crossriverwatch admin CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered that the Cross River State Command of the Nigeria Police is under undue pressure from powerful sources in the State Government to abandon the ongoing certificate forgery investigation against the State Commissioner for Information, Chief. Akin Rickett. The State Criminal Investigation Department SCID, Diamond Hill had in March,